SAN JOSE, Calif. — Resumption of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail service will be delayed until Monday, March 31, because of theft of copper wire along the light rail system, KGO-TV reports.
VTA light rail and bus service have been halted since March 10 because of a strike by 1,500 workers. Bus operations are slated to resume today after a judge issued an injunction ordering the members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 back to work [see “Judge orders Santa Clara VTA workers to end strike,” Trains News Wire, March 27, 2025].
“During the last two weeks when there was no train running on any track anywhere, copper wire theft skyrocketed, particularly on one of our lines,” VTA spokeswoman Stacey Hendler Ross told the station. “So that has to be replaced; that work has to be done. We want to make sure that everything is as safe as it possibly can be before we get service going.”
Union members remain without a contract, and no new negotiations have been scheduled. The union has said it will appeal the judge’s ruling.
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